A rabbit wandered onto the rink where the NYPD's mounted unit trains, and was subsequently drafted Generally, when New Yorkers picture the NYPD’s mounted unit, they’re thinking of the giant ...

The NYPD's Mounted Unit dates back to the pre-Civil War era, but the so-called "Ten Foot" cops are very useful in today's age, said commanding officers Deputy Inspector Barry Gelbman, WCBS 880's ...

NEW YORK — Meet the NYPD’s mounted unit. The team, officials said, is a vital crime fighting tool — and also attracts attention whereever they go. “The horse itself is large, but we are ...

NEW YORK - They're the largest members of the NYPD and their feet can take a real pounding. That's where the department's horseshoers step in. Professionally known as farriers, they care for the ...

The NYPD says it will take another look at a project to convert its lower Manhattan horse stables into a home for 200 extra officers who will patrol the World Trade Center site.

“A horse is a horse of course, of course,” unless the horse is part of the NYPD Mounted Unit, a program that enables them to help protect the community. On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Bay ...

An NYPD Mounted Unit cop and his trusty steed Brooklyn corralled in a mugger seen fleeing a Midtown subway station, officials said Wednesday. Police Officer Andrew Youssef was patrolling with ...

NYPD Mounted Unit Officer David Stagliano and his horse, Pugsley, helped in the capture of the suspect, authorities said. The suspect — later identified as 23-year-old Michael Reddish —was ...

The NYPD is moving its horse unit out of Tribeca, where it has been for 99 years, and many residents in Lower Manhattan are upset. The mounted unit is moving to allow for new offices related to ...

On loan from downtown's New York Police Museum, "10-Foot Cops" looks at the phenomenon and history of this elite NYPD unit through artifacts—among them saddles on which kids can have their ...